If a consumer receives 20 units of utility from consuming two candy bars, and 25 units of utility from consuming three candy bars, the marginal utility of the second candy bar is

A) 25 utility units.
B) 20 utility units.
C) 5 utility units.
D) unknown as more information is needed to determine the answer.


D

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